Tories finally get past stage of denial over independence referendum

Douglas Ross seems to be moving through the five stages of grief over Nicola Sturgeon's bid for independence

Now that the dust has settled on this week’s indyref2 news, all parties have had time to consider what it means.

For their part, the Scottish Tories seem to be going through the five stages of grief. The denial started ahead of the last Holyrood elections – “Scots don’t want another divisive independence referendum” – and continued even after those same Scots returned a pro-independence majority of MSPs to Holyrood.